ardamax | f0ba2f47b518e7e7d8c2b87b98644ab17e4936e16008b90bcc4f735cfd60d2c6

General

Target

JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
Size

1.1MB
MD5

0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0
SHA1

f769c8fe3663c203b47b93538a17f4e22d1dd86a
SHA256

f0ba2f47b518e7e7d8c2b87b98644ab17e4936e16008b90bcc4f735cfd60d2c6
SHA512

6a0cf369ce85ad97b0f2482a11c8538a556c617263cb7509bea6c243b93963b085ec15139b0a8643a229354cf5650aa14d310d3b2f80558ed023f24669d596a6
SSDEEP

24576:ak/ATlJS4qt0sEt59Qegdw6QMqWV1n0QlqCJ:DoTlJ7sdasqw1LH

Score

10^/10

ardamax discovery keylogger persistence stealer

Malware Config

Signatures

Ardamax
A keylogger first seen in 2013.
keylogger stealer ardamax
Ardamax family
ardamax

Ardamax main executable 1 IoCs

resource	yara_rule
behavioral1/files/0x0008000000016ac1-6.dat	family_ardamax

Executes dropped EXE 2 IoCs

pid	Process
2152	BLN.exe
2524	JobMulti & Unblocker.exe

Loads dropped DLL 6 IoCs

pid	Process
2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
2152	BLN.exe
2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
2524	JobMulti & Unblocker.exe

Adds Run key to start application 2 TTPs 1 IoCs

persistence

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

T1547.001

Modify Registry

T1112

description	ioc	Process
Set value (str)	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\BLN Start = "C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\EIKGPT\\BLN.exe"	BLN.exe

Checks installed software on the system 1 TTPs
Looks up Uninstall key entries in the registry to enumerate software on the system.
discovery

Query Registry
T1012

Drops file in System32 directory 6 IoCs

description	ioc	Process
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\AKV.exe	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.exe	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
File opened for modification	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\	BLN.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.004	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.001	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
File created	C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.002	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe

Enumerates physical storage devices 1 TTPs
Attempts to interact with connected storage/optical drive(s).

System Information Discovery
T1082

System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery 1 TTPs 3 IoCs

Attempt gather information about the system language of a victim in order to infer the geographical location of that host.

discovery

System Language Discovery

T1614.001

description	ioc	Process
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	BLN.exe
Key opened	\REGISTRY\MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\NLS\Language	JobMulti & Unblocker.exe

Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken 2 IoCs

description	pid	Process
Token: 33	2152	BLN.exe
Token: SeIncBasePriorityPrivilege	2152	BLN.exe

Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx 5 IoCs

pid	Process
2152	BLN.exe
2152	BLN.exe
2152	BLN.exe
2152	BLN.exe
2524	JobMulti & Unblocker.exe

Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory 8 IoCs

description	pid	Process	procid_target
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2152	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	30
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2152	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	30
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2152	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	30
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2152	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	30
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2524	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2524	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2524	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	31
PID 2112 wrote to memory of 2524	2112	JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe	31

C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe
"C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JaffaCakes118_0900987ec5cba09ce96c8dc67173d3d0.exe"
1⤵
- Loads dropped DLL
- Drops file in System32 directory
- System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
- Suspicious use of WriteProcessMemory
PID:2112
- C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.exe
  "C:\Windows\system32\EIKGPT\BLN.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - Adds Run key to start application
  - Drops file in System32 directory
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of AdjustPrivilegeToken
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2152
- C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JobMulti & Unblocker.exe
  "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JobMulti & Unblocker.exe"
  2⤵
  - Executes dropped EXE
  - Loads dropped DLL
  - System Location Discovery: System Language Discovery
  - Suspicious use of SetWindowsHookEx
  PID:2524

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

Reconnaissance

Resource Development

Initial Access

Execution

Persistence

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Privilege Escalation

Boot or Logon Autostart Execution

1

T1547

Registry Run Keys / Startup Folder

1

T1547.001

Defense Evasion

Modify Registry

1

T1112

Credential Access

Discovery

Query Registry

1

T1012

System Information Discovery

1

T1082

System Location Discovery

1

T1614

System Language Discovery

1

T1614.001

Lateral Movement

Collection

Command and Control

Exfiltration

Impact

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\AKV.exe

Filesize
466KB

MD5
4c5711d8a02899113661bdff195d80d5

SHA1
263592abea6d60887defb4b1bcb47dbb383edfb6

SHA256
661eee852ace18c0fe63548e3ca276866b40dd0dce722f67976b8c4bfdb92195

SHA512
4b16ee6c75a169ad02c6b30d08efcd969ba8840adf49f6eeec3abbe8b9f5f288e1b1cfb4431711a74510a6973663335e43d256ae0dcd1a68f55331152a4f64ae

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.001

Filesize
61KB

MD5
7a5612cc859be918c5767487f8a6815a

SHA1
a855d3a3e6336ac0508a8099e8ace14680394c36

SHA256
643419bc7e3a46ecdd7196858b3489c806c5edc486b513ce58519a109544c9d1

SHA512
31c541870dbc695c34d132c4232accc2fe511f30188a4db33d5c41758cf5af00a4906b55b0a208b5848436313fd3d8ccf6be7f1af62ecedd3a5c4c301dc5e11d

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.002

Filesize
43KB

MD5
b2bcd668abf17ee408d232cc636614b2

SHA1
c354f941121515536c4f0d9ae49ed1a9b28534b4

SHA256
563f5e99f0beb961ecf6a8284bf41fee3e85d6f63cdff1669438f5a2168bfd99

SHA512
ba1be164de5919ae45f4bedfebe7e7799626b457f07b42fc43b8912f2932955833617b45e147e2e4d406f57f57f50c1869aa611db18a569919395e42fa53a702

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C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.004

Filesize
1KB

MD5
95cd66e9bec2a7c3fc908708b5d5331c

SHA1
0e8c359b90639fb5ab39d5d72f2cc265722347e3

SHA256
a5dd7e7e6969ed7690fb46720655a9e2ffd3ff3da59571a292c31cdff23b71d5

SHA512
58f628d10b391ae3f157f6c15dd6ac1e265af7ba7a7a247685bfe33be9a1cbeb79d585730a3d52fe0de5bc76089ff7baba276a5a5e376ef71f768022722799ae

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\Users\Admin\AppData\Local\Temp\JobMulti & Unblocker.exe

Filesize
24KB

MD5
761f762a637949ae36e9b2f41300fff2

SHA1
eadd1daa383e2155dcc95cf1162a87e0001b24ed

SHA256
e5540814db9b6d27c09de3f7af0e01e20bdcc88403fd9454682f8ddb61b2f01a

SHA512
58cc51907702b952b108a7861ee03685b7f235f01227b9c91c4f2c74842163c7a289dfb38d075a96d8e0f13d5fc15f9e8b66e070d3b06e6b6458612b3d6e7223

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\Windows\SysWOW64\EIKGPT\BLN.exe

Filesize
1.5MB

MD5
a9ea3f61a57b36cde9953afd91f18d34

SHA1
e7e931b96b6e39b64a2a38d704bbe9561a234cbc

SHA256
accbdc6de9b6b671e6dc5bda9f1f983fbfcaa07467fbf6eabd25b9d5314d82ec

SHA512
0a6a42a772a3afd66233d9d3abb962b3a8cbf3d6e0e719352795b6441a148617dbe788991f0cead29d4b1540726504c9c56bebd9836ae6263b82a121fafd89fc

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memory/2152-19-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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memory/2152-30-0x0000000000230000-0x0000000000231000-memory.dmp

Filesize
4KB

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Analysis

Sharing

General

Malware Config

Signatures

Processes

Network

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v15

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